One teen killed, three injured, in early Friday rollover

CORPUS CHRISTI - A 19-year-old male driver was killed and three other teens were injured in a one-vehicle rollover about 3 a.m. Friday near Benavides, Department of Public Safety officials said.

All were students at Benavides High School, officials said.

None were wearing seat belts.

Guillermo Castillo Jr. was thrown from the 1997 Ford Explorer he was driving east on State Highway 359, about one mile east of Benavides, as it rolled twice in a bar ditch, according to the report. He was pronounced dead at 4:30 a.m. by Justice of the Peace Benny Garza.

Victoria Hinojosa and Kathleen McVay, both 16, and Cody Teviño, 18, were taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Castillo veered right off the road and traveled into a ditch a short distance before he overcorrected left, and the vehicle rolled two times ejecting him.

Rosary will be recited for Castillo at 7 p.m. April 5 at Garza Funeral Home in San Diego. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. April 6 at Santa Rosa De Lima Catholic Church. Burial will be in Benavides Cemetery.